Although they both wanted to do graduate work , Janice's husband went on to do a Ph.D. , while she went back to hall - time work five weeks after their daughter was born . At the time , Janice adhered to traditional roles for men and ...
Following in the tradition of Thorstein Veblen's Learning in America, Lionel S. Lewis has amassed evidence to support his conclusions about how to achieve success in an academic career.
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction to the Transaction Edition -- Preface -- 1 Higher Educationin America and the Principle of Merit -- 2 The Evaluation of Teaching and Publication -- 3 ...
Scaling the Ivory Tower: Merit and Its Limits in Academic Careers
We wrote this book because so many academics find it daunting to navigate the search for an academic position.
It refers to a large-scale formal organization that with its highly trained experts and its emphasis on rationality, technical knowledge, and impersonal procedures may hardly be distinguishable from a meritocracy.